Welcome! I expect ads will be funding the web for a while yet, but they do need to avoid being annoying. There are sites I won't go to without a blocker as they are unusable without.
What has surprised me was when I found out yesterday that I'm ranked 46th for number of posts! I'm obviously having too much fun here.
Thanks and wow! Can I ask how many posts it took to get there?
Hundreds of posts and thousands of comments :) Over 3000 in all over 5 months. See http://steemwhales.com/steevc
Impressive. I am amazed there are 45 people ahead of you!